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JEE Main 2012Magnetic Effects of Current Question with Solution

JEE Main 2012 (26 May Online)

Question

Currents of a 10 ampere and 2 ampere are passed through two parallel thin wires and respectively in opposite directions. Wire is infinitely long and the length of the wire is . The force acting on the conductor , which is situated at distance from will be

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Force acting on conductor due to conductor is given by relation -length of conductor -distance between two conductors

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